17.0% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lane Cove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lane Cove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Lane Cove provide unpaid child care, a figure well above both the state and national levels. This high rate of family support defines the local community's participation patterns, though other forms of volunteering and service are more typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 17% of residents volunteer their time. This is a little above the Australian figure of 14.1% and well above the New South Wales rate of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much higher here than in most areas, with 30.6% of people providing this support. In contrast, the 10.4% of people providing other types of unpaid care is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure.
10.4% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.6% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
About 1.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
1.8%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Lane Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12275/lane-cove/topic/community